Orchestral Music

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Overture to the Moon and Stars

an overture for Chamber Orchestra

2022 | Commissioned by Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society Orchestra and Joan Margot Smith | 11 minutes

Of Echoes and Dreams Overture (In Memory of Larry Hill)

for Chamber Orchestra

2018 | Commissioned by Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston | 7 minutes
1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 horn, and strings

An Unexpected Encounter

for String Orchestra

2010 | Commissioned by A Far Cry | 5 minutes 30 seconds

In the Forests of the Night

an Overture for Chamber Orchestra

2009 | Commissioned by Boston Classical Orchestra | 8 minutes 30 seconds
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings

Goodnight Moon

for Chamber Orchestra

1998 | Commissioned by Andover Chamber Music Series | 5 minutes
1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 percussion (glockenspiel, sus. cymbal, snare drum), and strings

A Forgotten Place

for Orchestra

1998 |  Commissioned by the Longy School of Music | 12 minutes
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets (C), timpani, tam-tam, and strings

Orchestra with Soloists

Peace Cantata

for 3 soloists and string orchestra

2024 | Commissioned by Classical Uprising and Temple Beth El, Portland ME | texts by William Butler Yeats’s “The Second Coming,” Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth,” Dona nobis pacem, and quotations by Abraham Joshua Heschel | 22 minutes

Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra

 

2017 | Commissioned by Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society Orchestra for Kim Kashkashian | 20 minutes

Theme and Reverberations

for Two Tubas and String Orchestra

2007 | Commissioned by Boston Classical Orchestra | 17 minutes

Amid a Crowd of Stars: Prologue and Overture

for Chamber Orchestra and Baritone

1993 | Commissioned by the Longy School of Music | 9 minutes
baritone, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 horn, piano, and strings

Orchestra and Chorus

The Voice of Isaac

an Oratorio for Choruses, Soloists, and Chamber Orchestra

2003 (rev. 2015) | Commissioned by PALS Children’s Chorus | libretto by the composer | 30 minutes
Narrator, treble solo (Isaac), baritone solo (Abraham), SATB chorus and SSA ensemble or SSA children’s chorus, and chamber orchestra
(1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 percussion [Chinese cymbal, medium bass drum, large bass drum, tubular bells, vibraphone, marimba], piano, and strings)
Also available in performing editions with piano quintet or solo piano reduction.